Tuesday, May 15
Atlantic Council offices: 1030 15th Street, NW, 12th floor
Welcome and introduction to the workshop
Mat Burrows, Director, Foresight, Strategy, and Risks Initiative, Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security, Atlantic Council
Darryl Farber, Assistant Teaching Professor, Penn State School of Engineering Design, Technology, and Professional Program
Eric Barron, President, Penn State
Introduction by Anthony Atchley, Senior Associate Dean, Penn State College of Engineering
Lunch
Mat Burrows will moderate a discussion on the need for strategic foresight and analysis for platforms and systems.
Steve LeVine, Future Editor, Axios
Debra Knopman, Principal Researcher and Professor, RAND and Pardee RAND Graduate School
Eric Popiel Program Manager, Evergreen Strategic Foresight Initiative, U.S. Coast Guard
2:45 – 3:15 p.m.
Break
3:15 – 4:45 p.m.
Methodological Primer – The tools of
strategic foresight and deep uncertainty
Robert Lempert, Director, Frederick S. Pardee Center for Longer Range Global Policy and the Future Human Condition and Principal Researcher, RAND Corporation
Jan Kwakkel, Associate Professor, TU Delft
Willem Auping, Lecturer, TU Delft
Mat Burrows, Director, Foresight, Strategy, and Risks Initiative, Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security, Atlantic Council
4:45 p.m.
Overview for Wednesday (Bus to
reception at National Academy of Science Building)
5:00 p.m.
Reception at Great Hall, National Academy Sciences Building, 2101 Constitution Avenue, NW
Networking reception starts with heavy hors d’oeuvres and beverages
6:00 p.m.
Formal program
Martin Pietrucha, Professor, Penn State Department of Civil Engineering
Eric Barron, President, Penn State
Anthony Atchley, Senior Associate Dean, Penn State College of Engineering
Socioengineering Systems Innovation: Forces of Disruption and Leadership
Norm Augustine, Retired Chairman and CEO, Lockheed Martin
Ellen Laipson, Distinguished fellow and President Emeritus, The Stimson Center; Director, International Security program, Schar School of Government and Public Policy at George Mason University.
Mat Burrows, Director, Foresight, Strategy, and Risks Initiative, Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security, Atlantic Council
Wednesday, May 16
Atlantic Council offices: 1030 15th Street, NW, 12th floor
Problem set topics for systems and scenario analysis
- Critical material supply vulnerability
- State fragility
- The connection between #1 and #2
- Water and flood risk
- Global transport and the Port of Rotterdam
- Biosecurity systems
Continental Breakfast
9:00 – 10:15 a.m.
Introduction to Systems and Platforms
Malia Du Mont, Chief of Staff, Bard College
Security Challenges and Technology
James E. Cartwright, (USMC, ret.) 8th Vice Chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and Inaugural Harold Brown Chair, Center for Strategic and International Studies
Gigabyte Society and Augmented Reality
Conrad Tucker, Associate Professor, Penn State School of Engineering Design, Technology, and Professional Programs and the Harold and Inge Marcus Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
Workshop Discussion
10:30 a.m. – noon
Critical Infrastructure and Access
Martin Pietrucha, Professor, Penn State Department of Civil Engineering
Deep Uncertainty in Innovation
Dan Cahoy, Professor, Penn State Smeal College of Business
Breakthrough Serial Innovation
Bruce Vojak, Managing Director, Breakthrough Innovation Advisors
Workshop Discussion
Working lunch – Problem Set
Break
Presentations prepped
Thursday, May 17
Atlantic Council offices: 1030 15th Street, NW, 12th floor
Regroup and continental breakfast
Final touches on participant presentations
Presentations and discussion
12:30 – 1:45 p.m.
Lunch panel discussion on the future of work and talent development and the evolving educational enterprise
General Robert Kehler (USAF, ret.) Commander, United States Strategic Command
Gina Guillaume-Joseph, Information Systems Engineer, The MITRE Corporation
John Regas, Principal Intelligence Analyst, The MITRE Corporation
Roberto dos Reis Alvarez, Executive Director, Global Federation of Competitiveness Council
Darryl Farber, Assistant Teaching Professor, Penn State School of Engineering Design, Technology, and Professional Programs, moderator
1:45 – 2:00 p.m.
Lessons learned and next steps
2:00 p.m.
Adjourn